| Judith Contributor(s): Griffith, Mark (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0859895688 ISBN-13: 9780859895682 Publisher: Liverpool University Press OUR PRICE: $49.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 1997 Annotation: The University of Exeter Press is pleased to announce a new and comprehensive edition of the Old English poem Judith. Frequently cited as one of the most interesting of the surviving texts from the Anglo-Saxon period, Judith is unusual in that it features a violently active-female protagonist in a role traditionally dominated by a masculine heroic ethos. Mark Griffith's volume -- the first new edition since 1952 -- includes extensive commentary by the editor, plus a comprehensive glossary, bibliography, and appendices. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
| Dewey: 829.1 |
| LCCN: 00303953 |
| Series: Exeter Medieval English Texts and Studies (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.24" W x 7.82" (0.65 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Undergraduates frequently find the fine Old English poem JUDITH the most stimulating of the surviving texts from the Anglo-Saxon period. In the past thirty years it has attracted a wide range of literary criticism both in the UK and the US. Feminist critics of English literature have been particularly interested by the ways in which the poet has adapted the traditional masculine heroic ethos of Old English poetry to a story figuring a violently active female protagonist.Yet there is no available edition of Judith which is either comprehensive or up to date, or which at all explains how and why the poem is worthy of our attention. This new edition aims to fill this gap. It includes a full Introduction and commentary by the editor, plus a comprehensive glossary, bibliography and appendices. |